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 Post subject: Re: ea turbo build
Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 11:07 am 
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yeah i like it, so like natural alloy and gloss black? should contrast nicely without looking tryhard
sounds like a plan :D


Yeah, that's the idea. In my mighty boy, when i recently rebuilt the engine, i painted the block & rocker cover in the darker shade of ford engine blue, left the head, oil pump, dizzy extension housing & intake all in natural alloy. I gave them a clean up, but didn't get the chance to polish them. It still looks pretty good without being over the top, but it would have looked better polished. Sump & timing belt cover are gloss black instead of matt as per factory. Same for engine brackets, just gloss black instead of matt. It all shows up nice in the white engine bay, without looking all try hard. I do admit there is more to come for that engine bay. Like hiding the wiring & repainting the bay.

I'll polish up my new dizzy extension housing, new modified dizzy & the new EFI intake when i fit them. Car is carby fed from factory. At the end of the day, the engine bay in my mighty boy looks a lot neater than in my EB, but the mighty boy doesn't see many road miles.

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 Post subject: Re: ea turbo build
Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 1:18 pm 
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wouldnt be hard, eb 5l engine bays are a disaster :P
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 Post subject: Re: ea turbo build
Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 1:34 pm 
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wouldnt be hard, eb 5l engine bays are a disaster :P


LOL. The 6cyl bay isn't that great either. Lots of wires & hoses running everywhere. I've gotta tidy up the loom i made for the thermo conversion still, and i should also tidy up the fuse conversion as well.

At least the V8 has an engine cover to cover up a fair bit of crap & wiring.

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 Post subject: Re: ea turbo build
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 6:48 pm 
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I've gotta tidy up the loom i made for the thermo conversion still,


i just finished my thermos wire install.. all hidden apart from battery cables and the plugs to the thermos but im going to run them at the bottom of the thermos for a neater look

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once the bumper is on and headlight in you cant see it. fuses can be accessed from under the bumper but i dont see me blowing them too often.

 

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 Post subject: Re: ea turbo build
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 9:15 pm 
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Nice work, especially with the stock fuse cover. I shoulda kept the one on the bomb i sent to scrap, now i can see a use for it. You have given me an idea of where to hide the wiring, relays & fuses , and use the stock relay cover to hide the new relays for the thermo's. :D

My front bar has to come off for repairs soon, so i might tidy some wiring then as well.

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 Post subject: Re: ea turbo build
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 9:20 pm 
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its funny how it happened tho. i sat here and thought i dont want it on the intake side as then id have to run wires across the front so thinking of somewhere to install them i remembered all the members who hid the factory wiring in the side panel.. and i thought hey under the headlight is a big empty cavity... once the headlight is in you cant see the screws poking through either. and i used factory screws so i know they wont rust :D

 

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 Post subject: Re: ea turbo build
Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2010 10:18 pm 
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had to stick it 2getha and take a couple pics :lol:

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 Post subject: Re: ea turbo build
Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2010 11:49 pm 
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Looks good, what's the plan for the rocker cover? Black as well?
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 Post subject: Re: ea turbo build
Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 7:24 pm 
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yep lots of black

cam specs

adv duration 292
50 thou duration 242
542 thou lift
110 deg lobe sep

wait for the crys of "TOO BIG FOR A TURBO!!" :lol:
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 Post subject: Re: ea turbo build
Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 10:06 pm 
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3.9from hell wrote:
yep lots of black

cam specs

adv duration 292
50 thou duration 242
542 thou lift
110 deg lobe sep

wait for the crys of "TOO BIG FOR A TURBO!!" :lol:


haha its not big at all... needs more lift and wider lobe separation but

 

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 Post subject: Re: ea turbo build
Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 11:35 pm 
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yeah its an NA cam i had in an ea a few years back, made 160rwkw, but hey the price was right, il give it a try, can always change it aye, the tight LSA makes it realy punchy in the midrange
so it should spool pretty early hopefully

needs more lift? how much u want! lol
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Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 11:49 pm 
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how are you going for compression? are you going to run a decompression plate? or double up on a head gasket?

i probebly missed it but what transmission will you be running in it? 3 speed 4 speed ot 5 speed?

i have heard the 3 speeds are the strongest, but highway driving 3 speeds suck lol

 

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 Post subject: Re: ea turbo build
Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 11:56 pm 
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t5 for now, a very scared t5

compression is around 8.9-1 thanks to the 2cc i took out of the bowls, bit high but with a decent tune it should be fine
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 Post subject: Re: ea turbo build
Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 2:45 pm 
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With a decent tune, and a decent IC, with the correct ignition timing & not too much boost it should be ok.

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 Post subject: Re: ea turbo build
Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 7:10 pm 
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yeah i think its been proved numerous times that you dont need to decomp these motors

Fritzz for example, or the mikes dyno ea, 370 rwkw, 20psi and hundreds of 400m runs on a stock ef bottom end, secrets in the tune i think, and decent cooler like toranaGuy said
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